novelraw 73. Deadly Danger
73. Deadly Danger
Xiao Yan laughed instead of getting angry: "You've said you'd kill me many times, but unfortunately you've never kept your word."
Lu Zhi did not unfold his battle aura wings, but walked directly through the air, his aura fluctuating like that of a peerless ferocious beast waiting for its chance to strike.
"Since I advanced to the rank of Fighter at the age of twelve, I have never been defeated by an opponent of the same level. Although there are many geniuses, such as Xu Yingwu, who are on par with me, I have never cared about them."
Lu Zhi stood with his hands behind his back in the void, his wide robes fluttering casually. If it weren't for the tense situation, Xiao Yan would have been impressed by Lu Zhi's air of a peerless expert.
"Because although they are also geniuses, they don't even have the courage to formally challenge me." Lu Zhi slowly expressed his inner thoughts, and Xiao Yan couldn't help but nod. There are many geniuses in the Northwest Region, but in everyone's eyes, the number one is Lu Zhi.
"Until I met you, I had a feeling you would be a formidable opponent. But I definitely underestimated you; you escaped on our second meeting."
Lu Zhi looked at Xiao Yan seriously and said, "In order not to be surpassed by you, I practiced the Thunder Mist Technique diligently, but I didn't expect that you would break through it as soon as we met. I really felt my life was in danger from the fire lotus you released just now."
Then Lu Zhi's expression turned somewhat dejected: "I used the methods that the sect had prepared in advance. This is the first time I've relied on someone else, and it's when I'm facing a peer as an opponent."
As Xiao Yan watched Lu Zhi recount his inner journey, he wasn't in a hurry. He had almost exhausted his fighting spirit by releasing the Fire Lotus, but under the nourishment of the Red Lotus Karmic Flame, Xiao Yan vaguely felt that his condition was recovering at an extremely fast speed.
"I can't beat you, at least I couldn't beat you just now!"
"I've been suppressing my level and not breaking through because I'm confident that even at the Dou Huang realm, I'm still the number one in this competition!"
"But I just lost, I lost completely!" Lu Zhi's words became more and more agitated with each sentence.
"So I just took that step. Of course, I was already capable of it six months ago, and now I'm using my full strength to deal with you."
Lu Zhidou's aura was unmistakable, making him the most eye-catching presence in the entire space.
Even the other battle groups subconsciously stopped and focused their attention on this battle group.
"Lu Zhi is a real pervert!" Xu Yingwu cursed subconsciously, but surprisingly, no one around him objected.
Only Xiao Xun'er's eyes remained full of trust and expectation for Xiao Yan.
"So Xiao Yan, today I can only kill you... kill you, this peerless genius." Lu Zhi's voice suddenly calmed down, and a pattern began to form in his palm.
This was the first time Xiao Yan had ever seen this pattern. Its gray-black color exuded a sense of decay and decay, and even just one glance made Xiao Yan feel a strange, uneasy feeling.
"What is this?" Lion King couldn't help but widen his eyes.
"It's that one, there's no mistake. Just what kind of monster is Lu Zhi?" Wan Qing also shook his head.
Xu Yingwu's face showed no trace of frivolity as he said, enunciating each word clearly: "Ji, Ming, Wen!"
Xiao Yan was unaware that the pattern Lu Zhi had condensed was the Life-Sustaining Pattern, the main cultivation technique of Lu Huangtian, the sect leader of the Xuanwen Sect. It could extract life force from one's own body and was the Xuanwen Sect's most powerful and costly technique. It was known to the outside world as the Xuanwen Sect's most powerful technique, but also its most costly!
The ability to exchange one's own lifespan for immense power instills fear and dread in everyone outside the Xuanwen Sect. Fortunately, the Life-Sucking Rune only ever extracts one's own lifespan and does not have the effect of absorbing the lifespan of others.
Lu Zhi looked at Xiao Yan with a complicated expression, then slapped the pattern onto his chest. His aura, which had just reached the Dou Zong level, suddenly surged again like a volcanic eruption.
Xiao Yan felt as if he were being locked onto by an unparalleled ferocious beast, and he had a terrifying feeling that he had no way to escape.
"Xiao Yan, you don't think you're the only one who's improved or had a lucky encounter in this Beast Realm, do you?" Lu Zhi's voice remained confident and domineering. The previous defeat hadn't changed the mindset of this peerless genius much.
Lu Zhi held a bolt of purple lightning in his hand, the lightning appearing as if it were alive in his palm.
Then, fine wrinkles began to appear on Lu Zhi's face, and his long hair at the back turned gray from the ends. Even Xiao Yan could clearly feel the loss of his lifespan.
In stark contrast to Lu Zhi's aging, the aura emanating from him was constantly increasing.
Xiao Yan also frowned, as the Life-Sucking Pattern's enhancement of Lu Zhi was somewhat beyond his expectations.
The purple lightning in Lu Zhi's hand also began to change. The sharpness and explosiveness of the purple color gradually subsided, and the lightning turned into the same gray-black color as the Life-Sucking Pattern. However, Xiao Yan did not become relaxed, because the calming of the lightning highlighted the terrifying power it contained. Judging from Lu Zhi's performance, Xiao Yan felt that the battle had reached its most dangerous stage.
"No, we have to go help Junior Uncle!" Xu Yingwu took the first step forward. He knew best the terrifying power of the Life-Sucking Mark. If Xiao Yan wasn't careful, he would perish here today.
But someone stood in his way. It wasn't Shi Meng, Wan Qing, or the others that Xu Yingwu had initially thought of, but Xiao Xun'er, who cared about Xiao Yan the most!
"Master's wife?" Xu Yingwu asked, puzzled.
"Are you confident you can deal with Lu Zhi now?"
Seeing Lu Zhi's body gradually aging, Xu Yingwu instantly sobered up. Now Lu Zhi had widened the gap between him and himself. Going up to him might not only fail to help Xiao Yan, but also make him fall into Lu Zhi's attack.
"So we're not going to do anything now?" Xu Yingwu asked.
"Trust Brother Xiao Yan! He should still be confident." As Xiao Xun'er spoke, she unconsciously looked at the storage ring on her slender finger.
Shi Meng and the others remained quietly to the side. They didn't even try to stop Xu Yingwu's actions because they were numb to it all: compared to Xiao Yan and Lu Zhi, they were nothing but geniuses.
The battlefield has begun, to a point where even they find it difficult to intervene.
Lu Zhi acted swiftly. Looking at the black lightning in his palm, his eyes filled with a mixture of excitement and pity as he looked at Xiao Yan: "Xiao Yan, thank you. You are the best opponent I've ever faced! But now, you can die!"
The black lightning bolt flew out of Lu Zhi's hand. The black lightning bolt was not very fast, but Xiao Yan felt that he had been locked on. This was not an attack that could be dodged by speed!
A deadly aura slowly descended like the collapse of the sky, and Xiao Yan felt his body frantically warning him: This attack is absolutely unacceptable!